ArticleNeural plasticity2014
Reduced variability of auditory alpha activity in chronic tinnitus.
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- Investigating the Efficacy of an Individualized Alpha/Delta Neurofeedback Protocol in the Treatment of Chronic Tinnitus.Neural plasticity · 2019Trial
- EEG-Based Multifocal Tomographic Neurofeedback in Older Individuals With Chronic Tinnitus Does Not Lead to Persistent Electrophysiological Changes.Brain and behavior · 2026Article
- Resting state EEG reveals no reliable biomarkers of tinnitus laterality.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Reducing Tinnitus via Inhibitory Influence of the Sensorimotor System on Auditory Cortical Activity.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2025Article
- Prediction of acoustic tinnitus suppression using resting-state EEG via explainable AI approach.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Effect of Simultaneous Use of Neuromodulation and Acoustic Stimulation in the Management of Tinnitus.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024Article
- Neuromodulation Treatments Targeting Pathological Synchrony for Tinnitus in Adults: A Systematic Review.Brain sciences · 2024Review
- Eavesdropping on Tinnitus Using MEG: Lessons Learned and Future Perspectives.Journal of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology : JARO · 2023Review
- Current and Emerging Therapies for Chronic Subjective Tinnitus.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
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- Targeting the Limbic System: Insights into Its Involvement in Tinnitus.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023Review
- [Electroencephalographic microstates in vestibular schwannoma patients with tinnitus].Nan fang yi ke da xue xue bao = Journal of Southern Medical University · 2023Article
- Effect of sound therapy on whole scalp oscillatory brain activity and distress in chronic tinnitus patients.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Study on tinnitus-related electroencephalogram microstates in patients with vestibular schwannomas.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Cortical oscillatory dysrhythmias in visual snow syndrome: a magnetoencephalography study.Brain communications · 2022Article
- Heading for Personalized rTMS in Tinnitus: Reliability of Individualized Stimulation Protocols in Behavioral and Electrophysiological Responses.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Article
- Multidisciplinary Tinnitus Research: Challenges and Future Directions From the Perspective of Early Stage Researchers.Frontiers in aging neuroscience · 2021Review
- Cerebral Blood Flow Difference Between Acute and Chronic Tinnitus Perception: A Perfusion Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2021Article
- Contemporary Review of Smartphone Apps for Tinnitus Management and Treatment.Brain sciences · 2020Review
- Efficacy of an Integrative Treatment for Tinnitus Combining Music and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy-Assessed With Behavioral and EEG Data.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2020Article
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Abstract
Subjective tinnitus is characterized by the conscious perception of a phantom sound which is usually more prominent under silence. Resting state recordings without any auditory stimulation demonstrated a decrease of cortical alpha activity in temporal areas of subjects with an ongoing tinnitus perception. This is often interpreted as an indicator for enhanced excitability of the auditory cortex in tinnitus. In this study we want to further investigate this effect by analysing the moment-to-moment variability of the alpha activity in temporal areas. Magnetoencephalographic resting state recordings of 21 tinnitus subjects and 21 healthy controls were analysed with respect to the mean and the variability of spectral power in the alpha frequency band over temporal areas. A significant decrease of auditory alpha activity was detected for the low alpha frequency band (8-10 Hz) but not for the upper alpha band (10-12 Hz). Furthermore, we found a significant decrease of alpha variability for the tinnitus group. This result was significant for the lower alpha frequency range and not significant for the upper alpha frequencies. Tinnitus subjects with a longer history of tinnitus showed less variability of their auditory alpha activity which might be an indicator for reduced adaptability of the auditory cortex in chronic tinnitus.
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